Happy New Years!!

We wish all of our friends and family a Happy New Year and may 2010 bring lots of wonderful

moments, joy and happiness.

We love you all so much!!

A few of my favorite things in Utah

This past weekend Joseph and I were able to take a quick trip over to Utah and spend some time with family and do lots of fun things. A few of the favorites were:

1. FAMILY

2.Cooking with my mom and aunts

3. Lunch at Pace's. It's tradition to eat there every time we visit.

4.Watching Joseph spend time with his Great Grandparents

5. Family Christmas party

6.Santa coming to town early!!

7.Watching family video's together, we are a silly bunch.

8.Getting to attend the Christmas Devotional at the Conference Center

9.The lights at Temple Square

10. Spending hours playing with cousins.

Great Grandpa and Joseph
My Grandpa and Me

Mrs. Clause, Joseph and Santa going over the Naughty and Nice list

Joseph giving Santa big squeezes!

Sheena and Me

My mom's family from left to right: Uncle John, Uncle David, Aunt Susan, Grandpa, Uncle Steve, Mom, Aunt Kris & Aunt Judy. Missing are my Grandma and Aunt Marianne.

The stage for the Christmas devotional

The First PresidencyA very RED tree

The reflection pond

Salt Lake Temple

A pretty tree at the entrance

Before....

Mr. Joseph came along James and Aimee let us have lots of practice with their little ones and we loved every minute of it. Now we love getting to watch Joseph play with all of his wonderful cousins.

Aunt Lynsey with Anne
Stephen with Uncle Bank

Stephen with Aunt Lynsey

Stephen playing cars

Anne showing off what a big girl she is

Happy Halloween

Witch's House cake I made for Trunk or Treat Cake Walk
Dr. Humphries

Brother Dunning

Isaac, Charlotte and Joseph

Easton Family

All of us!

SNAKE !!!!

So this morning I got quite the surprise. Joseph came running into my room screaming that there was a snake in his room and that he had touched it. I briefly looked in his room and then ran up the stairs looking for Ben, thankfully he was home today. After quite some time of looking for the "snake" Ben and Joseph found this millipede and this was what Joseph had called the snake. I can't tell you how relieved I was that it wasn't a real one. So here are some pics of Joseph's "snake" in all it's glory.

I'm a Big Kid Now!

On Saturday Joseph turned 4 and we had a small celebration for him. He picked a transformer theme which was cool, but made me laugh because he has never seen the cartoons, movie, etc... so I don't know where the idea came from but he had fun. I can't believe how quickly the time has passed it feels like only yesterday we were bringing him home. The top 4 reasons I love Joseph:

1. He has the biggest heart.

2. He makes me laugh

3. He is smart as a whip, which can come back to bite me sometimes. :)

4. He sings to me

Transformer Cake
Making door hangers
Mama and Joseph

Charlotte and Lily, the cutest girls at the party.

Joseph and his new transformer car

Joseph with his new transformer shoes. Thanks Nana

Joseph with the transformer cake after the decepticons attacked it!

Blue Tongue! We let Joseph eat the entire blue building and he was in heaven.

Priceless Moments

Joseph and Papa
Joseph and Grandpa

I am so thankful for the opportunity that Joseph has to spend with his wonderful grandfathers. They teach him so much and he loves spending time with them.

Cousins!!

Luke aka: Captain Underpants!!
Shelby

Stephen showing off his hanging skills

Natalie and Brad

Ellen, Joseph and Brad

Noah

Anne

Suit Deals

The other night Ben happened to be in Goodwill and thought he would take a look around and see if they had anything good and they sure did. Ben found two brand new suits that have never been hemmed or worn that fit him perfectly. The blue pin strip is a Ralph Lauren priced at $395.00 and the other one is a Chapps priced at $450.00. Ben got them both for $18.00!!

I love getting GREAT deals and Ben is happy that he has some more new suits.

Pre-School

That's right folks, Joseph started his first day of Pre-School yesterday. He was so excited to go, which was GREAT for him and so hard for me. He was already to go 45min before we had to leave the house, keeping him busy before we left was a bit of a challenge to say the least.

After school was done it was so much fun hearing him tell me all about his day. I hope this enthusiasm for school continues.

Up to our necks

in fun and sand!!

All the kids playin
Stephen

Anne

Ellen

Joseph

Noah

NaomiDixie, Stephen, Aimee, Me, Natalie and Joseph

Sam and Natalie